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enMy dream to build a high speed railway put me on track to become an engineerhttps://www.etrust.org.uk/stories/my-dream-build-high-speed-railway-put-me-track-become-engineer
<div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="https://www.etrust.org.uk/files/etrust/styles/story_list/public/julianna_m_0.jpg?itok=pLtV_M6R" width="214" height="214" alt=" " /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden prose"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>As an established Systems Engineer at WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff, Julianna Moats pursued an undergraduate degree in applied physics and material sciences to investigate her fascination on how superconductors make the Japanese high speed trains levitate. Going back to university to study railway systems engineering and integration, her motivation was to build an entire UK based high speed railway.</p><p>In her spare time, Julianna is a passionate volunteer for Young Rail Professionals (YRP). She plans and runs development seminars for young people, does STEM outreach programmes in schools, helps run the not-for-profit business, networks with young and senior people in the industry and organises international exchanges. Their most exciting initiative at present is Rail Week where they unite the entire rail industry in a week of outreach, sites visits, and development events to promote the industry to the next generation.</p><p>Achieving many great things throughout her career as an engineer, the one achievement she personally values the most is a feasibility study for a proposed southern rail access link to Heathrow from Waterloo. Julianna described it as a great opportunity to lead a team and a project, utilising her full range of skills for technical design and people management, whilst learning from her colleagues in their respective disciplines. With the New Year well underway Julianna has her sights set on turning the technical study into a reality.</p><p>Research shows that 6-9% of engineers in the UK are women but despite this statistic, Julianna really enjoys being a woman in this industry, she embraces it as a chance to stand out. Although she agrees that there are some behaviours in the workplace that need to be addressed when it comes gender imbalance, she mainly sees being a woman as an advantage, as it brings a unique insight to the workplace, and it makes a difference in industry<strong>.</strong></p><p> An ever-increasing number of studies show that diversity makes for a better team performance and better profits for companies. To attain this, Julianna believes fixing diversity issues should be a priority for any business that cares about being successful. She states, “If we don’t allow for diverse voices and viewpoints, we’re going to miss out on all kinds of “great” engineers because we’ve reduced our recruitment pool, therefore having a knock-on effect on our talent pool by not looking as far and wide as we should. Getting more people into engineering will only happen if we open it to everyone”.</p><p>Julianna strongly suggests that outreach programmes need to work on improving the percentage of women in engineering, but the wider discipline also needs to reach out to parents and teachers, to tell them to fill children’s heads with aspirations, not limitations. Everyone should be taught what engineering is, and the cool things engineers get to do, and then kids can make their minds up about whether it sounds appealing to them. She quotes, “there is no reason why quality would drop if we give more people the chance to pursue great engineering careers”.</p><p>With an increasing number of children straying away from STEM, Julianna challenges them with these close-ended questions, "do you like studying science or maths, solving problems, helping people, improving the environment, making the world a safer place, creating something beautiful, working in teams, being a leader, or making a difference on a big scale? Engineering can help you do all of that, and more.”</p><p>For all girls aspiring to be engineers, the messae from Julianna is simple, “do it! Don’t let anyone tell you it’s not for you, since you know yourself better than anyone else, and the thing that will make you most successful is doing what you love. Engineering opens your whole world; you can work in different industries, you can feel fulfilled through your work, you can make a difference in the world, you can become a technical leader, or a business leader, or a company leader, or all of those things at once. There is literally no limit to your ambitions when you work in engineering”.</p><p> </p><p><strong><em>If you, like Julianna Moats would like to be our FERM of the month, please email </em></strong><a href="mailto:marketing@etrust.org.uk"><strong><em><u>marketing@etrust.org.uk</u></em></strong></a><strong><em> or tweet us @TheEDTUK using #FERM and tell us your story.</em></strong></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-date-published field-type-datetime field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Date published:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">January 28, 2016</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-story-type field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Story type:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/story-type/females-stem">Females in STEM</a></div></div></div>Thu, 28 Jan 2016 16:20:52 +0000s.yeboah1449 at https://www.etrust.org.ukWeb Content Coordinator (Industrial Cadets) - PART TIMEhttps://www.etrust.org.uk/web-content-coordinator-industrial-cadets-part-time
<div class="field field-name-field-location field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Location:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Welwyn Garden City</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-salary field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Salary:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">£17,861 - £ 23,929 Pro Rata (determined by skills and experience) - Fixed contract until December 2016</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden prose"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><span style="font-size: 14px;">The Web Content Coordinator will report to EDT's Marketing Manager, working on the online development of the Industrial Cadets' initiative. Based in Welwyn Garden City, this is a part time position (3 days per week), likely start date will be Wednesday 10th December. The ideal candidate would have experience of online marketing and working closely with web developers or external agencies as well as good IT knowledge and experience in use of content management systems.</span><br /> </p><p><strong>Organisation: </strong> <strong><em>Industrial Cadets</em></strong> (<a href="http://www.industrialcadets.org.uk/">www.industrialcadets.org.uk</a>) is an industry-led quality standard for workplace experiences, inspired by HRH The Prince of Wales and coordinated by EDT (Engineering Development Trust). EDT (<a href="/">www.etrust.org.uk</a>) is a nationwide education charity, established in 1984 to provide STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) enrichment activities for UK youth. Industrial Cadets is a national accreditation which aims to introduce young people to the workplace, offering a real insight into how businesses operate. Students engage in an accredited programme of industry based activities designed to develop personal skills and raise careers awareness. As well as the Industrial Cadets initiative EDT runs 6 core programmes.<br /><br /><strong>Principle purpose of the role:</strong> To provide administrative and co-ordination support to Industrial Cadet’s online offering. Main purpose will be to generate content and coordinate the Post Graduation Network, a key offering provided by the initiative to keep employers connected with young people, throughout their accredited activities and into their early careers.<br /><br /><strong>Core Activities:</strong></p><ul><li value="17">To generate content for the Post Graduation Network – ensuring that content is significant and valuable to students and will help to engage them in the network</li><li value="17">To develop relationships with Industrial Cadets’ employers to encourage content development for the employer areas in the Post Graduation Network – conduct short telephone interviews to capture profiles and write up content</li><li value="17">To progress spotlight content into interactive video content for the Post Graduation Network – initiating and arranging face to face interviews with employers to further develop written content into a video content</li><li value="17">To update Industrial Cadets’ events onto activities calendar – ensuring that all Industrial Cadets activities are live on the website</li><li value="17">To seek out employer opportunities from participating companies, connecting with graduate recruitment departments to promote available opportunities from engaged employers within the opportunities section of the Post Graduation Network</li><li value="17">To conduct market research – to understand what each stakeholder group, using the Post Graduation Network, may benefit from in order to pursue further developments of the site</li><li value="17">To feedback development options and create a project plan detailing timelines for further developments to the Post Graduation Network steering group, proactively communicating updates and developments</li><li value="17">To attend and contribute to regular steering group meetings in order to manage and develop Post Graduation Network effectively</li><li value="17">To present development opportunities for the Post Graduation Network to steering group for discussion and consideration</li><li value="17">To drive Industrial Cadets website developments and liaise with external web developers to ensure that improvements are made to the site in a timely manner</li><li value="17">To test entire Industrial Cadets website on a regular basis, ensuring that all areas are working, and to report any problems to developers to be fixed within a given timeframe</li><li value="17">To provide content for newly developed areas, as and when they are created</li><li value="17">To ensure that stakeholder experience on the website is of paramount importance, ensuring ease of use at all times</li><li value="17">To ensure that all relevant date sensitive content is updated at least 3 months in advance at all times as directed by line manager, to ensure that relevant content exists on a consistent basis</li><li value="17">To assist Marketing Administrator with the coordination and development of stakeholder focused newsletters as and when required</li><li value="17">To provide any other support relating to the Industrial Cadets online offering as requested by the Director/Manager</li><li>To complete ad hoc duties as required and related to the Industrial Cadets online offering</li></ul><p> </p><p><strong>Personal Profile:</strong></p><p style="margin-left:20.25pt;">- experience of online marketing and working closely with web developers or external agencies</p><p style="margin-left:20.25pt;">- good IT knowledge and experience in use of content management systems</p><p style="margin-left:20.25pt;">- ability to produce regular content that will engage with key audiences</p><p style="margin-left:20.25pt;">- experience of research, evaluation and reporting</p><p style="margin-left:20.25pt;">- experience of editing or creating video or audio content may be an advantage</p><p style="margin-left:20.25pt;">- experience of editing websites desirable</p><p style="margin-left:20.25pt;">- experience of creating and coordinating content for online marketing purposes desirable</p><p style="margin-left:20.25pt;">- a self starter, who is proactive</p><p style="margin-left:20.25pt;">- a good communicator, who is dynamic</p><p style="margin-left:20.25pt;">- the ability to focus on key areas and deliver results within a limited timeframe</p><p style="margin-left:20.25pt;">- excellent organisational skills</p><p style="margin-left:20.25pt;">- excellent writing skills</p><p style="margin-left:20.25pt;">- ability to work well under pressure</p><p style="margin-left:20.25pt;">- ability to prioritise own workload and deliver against objectives</p><p style="margin-left:20.25pt;">- work independently as well as part of a team</p><p style="margin-left:20.25pt;">- attention to detail, ability to plan, prioritise and meet deadlines </p><p style="margin-left:20.25pt;">- flexible, enthusiastic and committed approach to work</p><p style="margin-left:20.25pt;">- reliability and flexibility required to meet demands of busy working environment</p><p style="margin-left:20.25pt;">- pleasant and polite manner in verbal and written correspondence</p><p style="margin-left:2.25pt;"> </p><p style="margin-left:2.25pt;">A full driving licence and access to own transport would be desirable<br /><br /><strong>Special conditions:</strong><br />The successful candidate will be required to fulfil an standard DBS check (Disclosure and Barring Service) (formerly known as a CRB check). </p><p style="margin-left:2.25pt;"><strong>If you would like to apply for this role, please send your covering letter and CV to: <a href="mailto:s.olagunju@etrust.org.uk">s.olagunju@etrust.org.uk</a></strong></p><p style="margin-left:2.25pt;"><strong>Closing date: </strong>Monday 8th December.</p></div></div></div>Thu, 20 Nov 2014 13:17:11 +0000s.olagunju923 at https://www.etrust.org.uk